Between two strip malls lies a cemetery for the Dane County Poor Home and Asylum for the Chronic Insane.
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Dane County Asylum and Home Cemetery is one of the state’s most unforgettable cemeteries. It lies sandwiched between two strip malls in Verona, just west of Madison, and contains the graves of former residents of the Dane County Poor Home and Asylum for the Chronic Insane.
The Poor Home was located south of East Verona Ave and west of Old County Road PB, near the Verona Park and Ride. A historic plaque at the site states that the Home was established in 1854. In 1883, the Asylum was built to the north. Both buildings are now demolished…